These two herbs were mentioned together in Luke 11:42—“But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone”.
The Greek word for “mint” is heduosmos,…
The Hebrew term for hyena is tzavua meaning “coloured” or patterned”, which is a good description of both the striped and spotted varieties of the hyena. The hyena has a large head, a mane running down its back, and its front legs are longer than its back legs, giving it a peculiar loping gait…
“The river of Egypt” occurs seven times in the Authorised Version, but two distinct Hebrew words are used. In Genesis 15:18 and 2 Kings 24:7 the Hebrew word is nahar—a stream or river. The word is used to describe a large river (cp Gen 2:10,13,14; 2 Kings 5:12), hence in Exodus 7:19 Aaron stre…
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Gilead is a mountainous region east of Jordan and means ‘the hill of testimony’ (Gen 31:21,48). In biblical terms it was the high plateau stretching north and south of the Jabbok river up as far as the southern tip of the sea of Galilee. In modern day geographical terms, it would equat…
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